1 Chronicles 20:5:151 Chr.20.5.W15TAB
אֹרְגִֽים׃
orgim
“weavers”
- Transliteration
- or-GIM
- Extended
- ohr-GEEM
- IPA
- /ʔorˈɡiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- weavers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
or-GIM
- clause
va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
- sentence
vat-te-HI-OD mil-kha-MA et-pe-lish-TIM va-YAKH el-kha-NAN ben-ya-OR ya-IR et-lakh-MI a-KHI gal-YAT ha-git-TI ve-ETS kha-NI-to kim-NOR or-GIM
Exegesis
The simile ki-menor orgim {כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים | ki-me-nôr ʾôr-gîm} ‘like a weaver’s beam’ heightens the visual image of the spear’s shaft.
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:5
And again, there was a battle with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Yair struck Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite , and the shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:5:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Chronicles 20:5, so the Hebrew word אֹרְגִֽים׃ (orgim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.20.5.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.5.W15.S1) and character.